What TAIWAN can learn from UKRAINE (and what it can't) - VisualPolitik EN
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The Russian invasion of Ukraine has caused many countries to take military threats very seriously again. These days, war does not seem as far away as we thought. Of all the possible arenas, Taiwan is the hot favorite. According to many military experts, by 2025-2027 the People's Republic of China will be ready to carry out the invasion of Taiwan.
Precisely for this reason, Taipei is closely following the war in Ukraine to take note of everything that could be useful in defending its sovereignty. In this video we tell you what Taiwan can and cannot copy from Ukraine.
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Just send US Coalitiontroops to Taiwan [Problem Solved]
To solve the Troop training Problem and lack of Fire arms training. What about Taiwan Bringing in Mass amounts of Professional Mercenaries, Perhaps even from trusted allies and such. They could hold a certain amount on a Yearly basis. and the moment they get a whiff of Chinese invasion. They Rapidly Triple that amount or even more for a few months. This would give some Proper trained troops that you could rely on to some degree. So long as you use them smartly. this could Greatly help Taiwan in defending their country. :)
Well you forgot about “How Taiwan would Smash Chinese Submarines” 💀 China would/could also spam Missiles till Taiwan runs all of Air Def. Sys. since missile production in China are cheaper and less material needed. from my view at Russian-Ukrainian war Russia already started using their submarines and lessen their warship usage to save them up. I’m wondering how Taiwan could survive against Submarines.
In my country of Norway I served one year and I do not consider that enough. 4 months is just basic training. Its barely enough time to realize you are in the army...
Well extending to 1 year is a bad idea when funding and poor training is already a problem. Remove conscription or make it better they have to choose one or the other. Declining population lack or morale are things that needs to be addressed than the shitty fix of just extending the military service.
I think if you had 1 year training and 24hrs of reserve duty a month that would fill the gaps better. Add in mandatory gun ownership and marksmanship training.
@@kucanusa3750 lol no.
Well, I'm Israeli, and we are compulsed to serve for three years (now it's been reduced to 2 years and 8 months), and yet three years is pretty short. But definitely, 8 months of training is the bare minimum for training. The more you are drilled, the less weird a war gets...
@@TheRahimpur and 3 years was enough to maintain the apartheid with Palestinians and suppression of unarmed civilians. Imagine an actual army that can fight?
The model the Taiwanese could copy is the Swiss. Taiwan is as mountainous as Switzerland. During WW2, the Swiss developed the strategy of the "réduit Suisse". They could very quickly move most strategic infrastructure out of the plains and into caves dug in the mountains, blow all the bridges and tunnels (they already had explosives placed for that possibility), hide their planes in deep caves and use highways as landing strips when all runways are bombed. They can complement military service with 15 days of training a year. Hitler realized that if he conquered Switzerland, it would be a Pyrrhic victory.
There is the famous quote of a swiss soldier when asked by the German Kaiser Wilhelm II, what the 100000 swiss soldiers would do when he invades Switzerland with 200000 Prussians. The answer: than we should two times, your majesty.
Yes, that would be in addition to employing what Erwin Rommel proposed (and was rejected by the German High Command) for the defense at Normandy. Hit them with subs in the channel. As the ships approach the littoral waters, bog them down in the coral and on the shoals. Then turn the beaches into an enfilading crossfire. And once they establish a foothold, engaging in a fighting retreat towards the caves and dig in like the Japanese did in WW2.
That wouldn't have worked out for the Swiss. Switzerland was not attacked in WWII, because Hitler needed the Swiss and they didn't interfere with his plans. Today concentrating forces in a few fortified areas is more effective for the attacker, than the defender. That's why the "reduits" are used no more.
@@neodym5809 please correct the spelling
A lot of Taiwan’s bases are inside mountains. Shit the defacto US Embassy that was recently built was also built into the side of a mountain it was seen that they were hauling out more earth that what was needed. Speculation is that it’s also a CIA hub to spy on China. There is Marines there too, plain clothes. They most likely built into the mountain and downwards
1) don't give away your nukes
2) if you don't have nukes, get nukes
China has 155 nukes they could nuke Taiwan
Ukraine would benefit greatly if they had dug a 100 mile wide moat between them and Russia like the Taiwan Strait. Taiwan as an island could have supply issues, but so would any invading Chinese force. This conflict therefore would be decided mainly by who can control the air and sea, whereas those have minimal roles in Ukraine. Whichever side loses the ability to get supplies to the island is doomed.
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China can always just take the smaller islands and fortify i doubt taiwan can take them back. West suppoting taiwan would be more expensive than Ukraine and more fragile. Would people tolerate spending to support taiwan during a global economic crisis especially if china is sanctioned.
@@emperorjonz9590 cruise missile? Snake Island Ukraine? No?
A blockade of Taiwan would mean China would have to attack the US and it’s Allie’s. So at that point, China has lost.
@@emperorjonz9590 no but the US can bomb the crap out of them u think they gonna allow the CCP to resupply there military
Speaking from an Australian perspective, most nations would benefit from an empowered, proud and determined citizenship. As a simple example just look at the Scandinavian nations. They have citizens who are highly invested in their nation’s success and stability, they have high intellectual capabilities to exert in design and execution of defence, citizens are often given basic military training and I believe weapons ownership is quite high, bunker systems are in place and they have resilient mindsets. So, whether it’s Taiwan or pretty much any other country - how could they not be more successful with an empowered, proud and determined citizenship. Taiwan really needs to address that issue.
Articulate, poignant and succinct.
A basic principle of democracy and nation building/maintaining is a from ground up desire to do so. So, if Taiwan is not willing to do this on a personal basis, it cannot maintain its independence.
How about getting them a UN membership first?
@@iche9373 UN resolution 2587 had renounced Taiwan government, Taiwan is considered part of China.
@@iche9373 Once upon a time they were actually 1 of 5 UN charter members and a permanent member of the security council until 1971. How things have changed. "Secretary-General of the UN Ban Ki-moon rejected Taiwan's membership bid to "join the UN under the name of Taiwan", citing Resolution 2758 as acknowledging that Taiwan is part of China." Prior to that resolution, Taiwan had been a part of (former) Imperial Japan. (Present Taiwan was formally known as Republic of China before.) Taiwan's dropping of the RoC title to appease PRoC actually backfired on them, with Russia and China using that older resolution to do so. Right now, China and Russia would veto undoing the work they've done to get Taiwan's UN status where it is.
Unless Taiwan arms it's citizens (which they don't have the stomach for) it's hard to imagine them being successful in the long run against such a large adversary.
They can still train more citizens, expand types of training opportunities, and increase government stockpiles of modern small arms, uniforms, personal military equipment, food, and medical supplies. That would provide more effective mobilization in the event of open conflict.
@@stupidburp All true…but the clock is ticking. The US spends 3.2% of GDP on the military but Taiwan’s 2% seems wimpy considering the size of their neighbor and threat and that Xi is a Chinese version of Putin…just more brutal.
It doesn't make any sense when you have a large aggressive country so close by that has already threatened to use force against you to not allow citizens to own guns. They could be like Switzerland, a peaceful neutral country that is well armed with firearms in every home. I really want to move back to Taiwan but I also really like my rifle.
Sadly you are correct. The Taiwanese are culturally not a militaristic society. Their sense of pacificism and freedom is to be admired and respected, but the reality is that one must also have the military mindset and means to defend that noble sense of freedom and pacificism.
@@jeremyjackson7429 Agreed. But I still say 2% of GDP on military spending while Xi is in power is wimpy.
It may be an unanswerable question, but "Are Taiwanese citizens willing to give their lives for their countries independence?" That may mater just as much as the weapons.
Ask the Afghan, ask the Ukrainian.
Yes they are - multiple polls suggest around 70-90& of Taiwanese are willing to take up arms to defend their country.
@@iche9373 Indeed. A Tale of two peoples. One who wouldn't fight for their country, another that has.
@@davidford3115 The truth is also that the Afghan fought the whole time since 2001. A lot of them died.
@@iche9373Is taiwan prepare to turn itself into the afganistan, syria or Ukraine?
Ones a prosperous nation into a 3rd world country.
It's just a political thing to gather votes,
By showing their willingness of gaining independence.
Deep down taiwanese leader know that "status quo" is best for them.
Hey Josh and Visualpolitik staffs,
Taiwanese 🇹🇼 here, thank you for covering this topic, I appreciate your videos a lot.
Aside from potential military threats from China and Taiwanese’ s constant calls for re-lengthening the military service period (fyi The military service was in the past lasted for one year, until our previous president Ma Ying-Jeoh, during his presidency, since he was in a “very good” relationship with China, he decided to show his rapprochement that he shortened the the period of the military service), would you guys like to cover China’s cyber attacks, internet trolls, and misinformation and disinformation campaigns against Taiwan (and other countries)? I’m looking forward to your upcoming future videos.
Hello, actually, the military service has been getting shorter and shorter since Li tenghui, this was when "the old school" of the KMT was already over.
He should cover why ROC didn’t try to liberate people on the mainland.
Maybe he can also cover the 1450 internet trolls hired by DPP.
马英九时期两岸和平不会打仗自然不需要那么多常备兵，蔡英文执政两岸兵凶战威当然要搞什么教召了。
cyber attacks, internet trolls, and misinformation and disinformation campaigns is what Republic of China green army and media do the best
Thank you for stating the fact that Conflict of Nations is a videogame where nobody gets hurt and is not condoning actual war.
This small little statement makes a huge difference in how people percieve such a sponsorship for a video on wars.
One thing that wasn't mentioned which was a hard lesson for Ukraine, was that not having nukes encourages the aggressor
Yes, Taiwan should vote on a referendum to see if the people want to change the law. They should certainly develop a TDF as it would be needed for many tasks. Taiwan should focus on knocking out any ships in transit. IMO that should be the number one priority along with air defense. Use the Island porcupine concept. Assymetric warfare and less focus on big ticket items. 100s of Anti-ship launchers and Air defense. Command & Control, Combined arms, hardened supply depots all over, fuel, food, cyber, long range surface to surface, etc all very important. Destroyers will have to retreat as they are extremely outgunned. Also, spies, due to proximity, Taiwan is face a surge of sabotage from the PLA. They just have to hold out long enough until the Japan.US arrive to help.
4 months is simply not enough. So, incentivize the system by exams to determine the months required per individual conscript. Some avid paintballers and survivalists may qualify for less than 4 months. And simplify the gun laws to allow only 22 cal. ownership and legalized homemade firearms.
@@davebauman4991 yeah, 4 months is very basic training. As for gun laws, absolutely, they should have learned that from Ukraine. They are changing the law in Ukraine now that they realize how important it is to have an armed population. Seems like it’s still a touchy subject in Taiwan. Local militias requires time to set up and as things stand it’s just not possible.
Trust me, US won't fight nuclear war for Taiwan, just like US won't fight nuclear war for Ukraine.
Defense is nice, but the real deterrent is the ability to punch the aggressor back. On his own territory. Only then will they reconsider the costs.
Once the lead starts flying, you don't think the Taiwanese would not return the favor?
Taiwan does have missiles that can reach the mainland, where China's industries are...both countries know this
This would all be much less of a potential issue if Taiwan had been allowed to complete the nuclear deterrence program they were working on in the 80s..
If Taiwan wants to give themselves a chance against the mighty China, they’ll have to do EVERYTHING that needs to be done including changing ANY LAW that would limit their defence capability. Otherwise, i fear it may come the dreaded day when they’ll find themselves saying - what if… It will be too late.
Taiwan's gun law is so strict that even an Olympic pellet gun is NOT allowed outside the shooting club's Armory. You, the competitor, who paid for it, can't never, ever take it home. It belongs to the club, which is granted permission by the local police precinct to store them in an approved on-site armory.
same goes for those tiny. 177 airgun pellets. They stay inside the Armory with the peashooter until your next visit.
On another note, even the cops and military personnel themselves have to be Accompanied by an authorized agent responsible for picking up expended cartridges during live fire. Every brass MUST BE accounted for, and retrieved to someone authorized to handle them.
Crazy, eh?
Yeah, the serious anti-gun laws is making it difficult for the island to rapidly develop their own defense culture. Sure, keep a strict gun regulation if you want, but when they are not even willing to give their own military personnel any firearms training, I just don't see how this is going to work.
Ukraine had been encouraging self defense training for its citizenry since 2014, and even with vast foreign assistance, they are still fighting for their country. I fear Taiwan is not going to be able to hold out the same way.
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Taiwan may have an internal issue with a 2 party system, where there is a party that is "un oficially, probably" pro official independence and another party that tries to play to keep the status quo but also stay on Chinas good graces to be part of the ruling class if China takes over. I believe many young people in Taiwan have a preference for recognized independence, but if the military service was to increase, it risks shifting them to the party that has closer ties to China... A catch 22...
So, in your view, the kids want an independence they wouldn't be willing to defend -- almost the definition of dependence, really. Not exactly the Ukranian spirit.
Thats quite true with allot of things. People tend to be idealists until reality hits.
Taiwanese had better accept that there is a high price to pay for freedom and that most definitely involves long periods of military service.
@@Giles20 kapow !!!!! DIEwan island sinks to the bottom of the ocean.
@@Waverlyduli Taiwanese i am sure, will do what needs to be done, and it is relevant to all ages (just that younger ones are impacted by the military service). Politicians can then use this to change public opinion and one of the challenges of Democracy is that it is always 1 election away from becoming an autocracy.
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Only way to survive as a small nation next to a superpower is to implement total defense.
Every able body, and I mean everyone, will have a duty to defend the nation, and be called upon.
Finland and Sweden are well versed in that doctrine.
You mean like Hitler’s Volkssturm doctrine where also kids and grandpas fought against the Red Army in World War II?
Yeah, Taiwan should take a page from Singapore which is also next to a much larger unfriendly country. I think Singapore has a mandatory 2 year service, and the idea isn't to defeat Malaysia, but to make an invasion and occupation so costly that it would bleed the enemy white sooner or later.
@@iche9373 Stop being an idiot.
In Sweden the duty is for all able people between 16 and 70 years. In Finland probably the same or close to that.
If the whole society has to switch to a war footing, manpower is needed for that.
And female power too so to speak.
And no, that doesn't mean you send a 16 year old girl or a grandpa into combat. Only an idiot would think that.
@@xiphoid2011 Exactly. It's all about making it too costly for the enemy to invade. Sweden even made the S-tank that is pretty bad offensively, but a wonder in defense.
In Sweden we have one year, and then the platoon leaders and such get 15 months.
Then you can serve in the professional army after that.
If Taiwan made the majority of the 18 year old male population go through that every year, that would bring up the cost of an invasion tenfold.
And the ones that don't want to commit to a professional soldiers life, you can offer a place in the territorial defense forces.
@@xiphoid2011 Hostile country? Maylasia or Indonesia? I was under the impression they are on good terms with their neighbors.
I think Taiwan has to accept that they are facing a clear and obvious existential threat and prepare themselves. I find it hard to believe that citizens only get 4 months military training in the light of the years of threatening behaviour by the PRC.
I've said it before I'll say it again if anything Taiwan needs to look at South Korea with how to make sure their military readiness is prepared because Taiwan has an issue in trying to recruit career soldiers
Most people in Taiwan HATE the idea of career soldering and they only go through the mandatory 6 months of conscription period and they they never touch a pistol or rifle again in their lives and persue a civilian career
Taiwan has mandatory conscription but that conscription period last for only 6 months Taiwan should make that at a minimum one year but in my personal opinion I'd make it 2 years
because you cannot train everybody in logistics and weapons and procedures in 6 months and expect them to retain it all and then use it in the event of the national emergency
Think about it, it's a pretty thankless task, the resources of an island of 20 million versus an adversary of 1.4 billion which is now the second largest economy in the world.
@@deanzaZZR which is why I say again if Taiwan wants to keep itself afloat it needs to increase it's ability to retain the career soldiers it has and increase it's ability to gain more
@@rejvaik00 What Taiwan should do is to offer basic training and weapon practices for volunteers, even if is like one day a week, or month, would be better than nothing. I look at my situation, if is war tomorrow, I'll need couple days just to learn how a rifle works
@@dezmoto yes that would work to learn how to use a rifle sure and that might work for a militia maybe
but it not enough to get them to use the more sophisticated equipment such as artillery guns, diesel powered submarines, and top of the line communications equipment
Taiwan really needs to offer some kind of incentives to get volunteers to sign on as careers soldiers, or they need to force a temporary career soldier into their ranks for far longer than 6 months
And I say if they want to go the 2nd option of conscription make it at a minimum of 2 years
Sounds to me they have a similar problem as Russia, namely the development of an NCO corp. That is going to be a major problem especially as Mainland China has spent the last 20 years nurturing one.
Taiwan already have a really good natural geography for their defense, now they only need an army that are more than basic training units and willpower.
They can end up under siege.
Do you think the result in Ukraine is going to encourage our ppl to defend themselves? Furthermore, I am not only a Taiwanese but a Chinese. Why do we need to fight only for American prosperity, particularly in the tragedy of Ukraine?
@@fenfenwang6356 u remind me of the women thru out history who accepted being wives of their rapists. It's a choice don't get me wrong but a choice of submission.
@@puraLusa what are you talking about? From your conversations, you do not know over 96℅ Taiwanese are from China.
@@fenfenwang6356 being from a place never equated to a feeling of belonging or loyalty or deciaion making that's basic 1st year of culture studies. Exemple: prime minister of my country comes from india but he isn't loyal to india nor he feels indian. So ur reasoning is mute.
What has really shocked China about the western response to Ukraine was how quickly companies that weren't involved with sanctions withdrew from Russia. Companies that weren't required too withdrew because of public opinion in western countries. This surprised many western annalists, like finding out your friend plays the bagpipes, It also surprised the Chines government like finding out your friend is a four headed alien scouting the earth for invasion.
Western companies leaving China on their own? Removing the competition without any effort? Is there such a lucky thing in the world?
The moment the Western brands exit the China Market, companies like GM, Mercedes, BMW and Volkswagen production volume will be cut in half, and cost of production will increase by 15 - 30%. Likewise for Apple and every IT gadget in the world. Chinese brand will sell at significant pricing advantage. In this age of rising inflation, your suggestion is preposterous.
@@junkeatng the problem for China is that western consumers will force the brands to decide in either staying in China but getting boycotted in the west or leaving china and keeping the Western markets open. That will lead to a lot of western firms taking the losses in China and leaving the China market. But hey, you subscribe to paid CCP TH-camrs like the Barrets so you’re interest here is defending China
@@Homer-OJ-Simpson a new world order is taking shape. The collective West is 1bil pop in total. China is already 1.4b. There's a whole new world out there like Aladin said and in time the Western markets will matter less and less. Who the fish is Barrett?
@@junkeatng “a new world order is taking shape”. That’s your way of saying why you support the oppressive the oppressive Chinese govt? The Barrett’s (who you follow) have been caught working on behalf of the Chi government. As is Daniel Dumrill who also works on behalf of the Chi govt. so you like to subscribe to westerners paid to defend china?
Taiwan is learning fast as well.
It is learning the right things to invest in today.
The Chinese must be extremely annoyed that Russia has shown the world how to beat China.
Didnt Chinese also learning? Or they are not learning like a dumb?
@@fromfareast3070 China is learning not to try and attack Taiwan.
China is seeing all the border lands it can recover from Russia, the big bully that stole from China.
China has two historic 'enemies', one is weakened, Russia.
Taiwan has always said it is part of China. An independent part that is achieving the Chinese dream of success and wealth for its people.
Taiwan was the Chinese champion that freed China from Imperial Japanese and is strong and getting stronger.
Dictators want immortality in the memory of the people. And old Dictators do not have time.
Mr Putin is showing how to destroy their memory in the peoples minds.
Russia has broken food supply and is creating starvation in the poor countries.
Russia does not supply much energy to China.
Russia has broken food supply and is creating starvation in the poor countries.
Russia does not supply much energy to China.
Well done
Excellent
more videos about Taiwan please!
Something people don't seem to be taking into consideration is how the Ukrainian willingness to fight and die for their nation, I would say that's a big factor, the willingness to dig in and hold a position, the Taiwanese are a soft people, doesn't matter what preparations they do if they drop their weapons at the first signs of hardship, like the Iraq military done or even the Afghan army done too.
*Around 1984, the Communist Party in this county was cracking down on women who didn't have a tubal ligation. Women came to the hospital in numbers. All I did were tubal ligations, one after the other, from 8 am until 6 pm, for about two months.*
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Didn’t they actually change the name?
I'm nervous that Japan and the US want Taiwan to defend itself more than the Taiwanese people do. The US spends 3.4% of GDP on its military yet Taiwan only spends 2%. Doesn't seem like they're in it to win it.
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It’s surprising that they would not adopt more of an Israeli or Swiss approach. Having a capable citizenry that’s also armed is a great benefit to national defence, especially in an environment where you’re directly in line of fire. They also have the US pledge to defend them and don’t exactly have a “gun culture” or anything.
in those parts of the World, individual freedom to protect one's ownership, goods, or itself is not exactly the same as in CH, or Israel, let alone the US... so they would be for sure courageous protectors of their nation, but the state would not like to see them carry or own their own arms in times of peace... very different from western European individual rights...
Israel is a apartheid state.
@@tamasgyorffy1 Western Europe doesn't like to see their populations carry weapons in times of peace either. And Australia which did have that mentality at one time has also disarmed its population. The West is ripe for conquest because their governments distrust their own people more than they distrust China.
Oh they had it once a long time ago. In the 80s if I remember correctly. Back then their military service was 2 years with some getting up to 7 years. But along the way some dumb politicians bow to the general population demands he reduced the time span. When other greedy politicians saw how easy it was to gain votes they too promise to reduce the period shorter to currently 4 months. I was there in the mid 80s for military exercise. Back then they really take things seriously. If you are in a military vehicle and you just horn other civilian cars on the road will move to the side for you to pass.
Taiwan does NOT have a US pledge to defend them. Joe Biden was was dementia-babbling when he said that, as usual. The White House staff and the State Department freaked out when he went off script and put out press releases reversing all of his claims that were not part of official policy.
He also caused a serious row when he called for "regime change" against Vladimir Putin. These things are apparently things you just cannot say when they depart so far from what actual policy is. And the way he keeps signing a second Naval budget, separate from the one that Congress approves for them (and that Congress has continually added to so that they can increase ship numbers to 355. But they keep agreeing to that, then going to Biden with a different budget that is much smaller and causes them to lose ships, so the weakening continues). This is actually beginning to alarm the bipartisan Armed Services Committee because no one has come clean with them about what's really going on. "Sub Brief" and "Ward Carrol" have covered this issue very well. Ward Carrol was able to interview US Navy veteran and Democratic Rep. Elise Stefanik where she details her efforts to get to the bottom of this disturbing and questionable behavior.
The lesson is don't poke a superpower!
Thanks for the heads up. Definitely time to buy more stock in the arms manufacturing sector.
Taiwan should go for the south korean style conscription, go asymmetric warfare on steroids, and go underground for storing ALL it's supplies (weapons,fuel,food, and people) for at least six months to support it's military. And starlink should be in every house. And I know the u.s. is pretty much the sole provider of outside weapons but I'd do all I could to get a few thousand NLAWS. Those things rock in a dense urban environment... just to name a few :)
With the economy unlike that of SK ,Taiwan would have difficulty increasing its military budget. Not to mention it couldn't buy some of the stuff they wanted due to political issue. There is a reason why Taiwan mainly buys US products. Not to mention the KMT to torpedo the request for budget in legislative
Taiwan and India can also partner with each other for strategic supplies. Taiwan can supply electronics and India can supply some basic equipment at low cost. Both can help supply the USA. In return the USA can shift more economic activity towards them and away from the PRC.
Only US are willing to sell military equipment, France stop selling
(actually even US refuse to provide parts that might be use on long rang missal, fear that might make China unhappy)
Israel helped a lot before (The missal tech of Taiwan are based on Israel), but eventually stop after pressure
@@chrisdt2297 French refused to sell aside from China's pressure, also have to do with the Lafayette scandal that rocked both Taiwan and France's political and military circle.
@@muic4880 Well, rumors said that in order to mitigate the pressure from China, Taiwan indeed pay a lot of money under the table
There's a solid chance the Taiwanese army would defect or fall to infighting. Not all the generals are anti-reunification
That's also happened in the civil war after the ww2, ROC's troops just defected en masse. And lot of them just switched sides...Like entire divsions..
Lesson: trust no one, security must be 100% all the time
Good Job.
Both TW and AU should have trained armed civilians, more so TW at this stage. Every man, woman and child over 10 years old should be trained in gun fire and defence. It should be 4 x 2 weeks per year.
The lesson is that Taiwan needs to train and be ready. It will take China months or even years to prepare for such a large scale invasion.
China had 70 years..enough time?
The PLA has been preparing. Recent military funding has dramatically expanded. They built up training areas simulating Taiwanese cities and terrain. They have increased amphibious capabilities and training. They restructured their military forces closer to USA order of battle instead of old Soviet inspired structures. They increased air and naval activity around Taiwan to gradually wear down Taiwanese equipment and provide ambiguity about specific invasion timing.
Since China's wumao's think that China is ready, let's get this China military massacre started. It's going to happen eventually.
4 months compulsory military service is woefully short. We do 2 years in my country and follow up with a few weeks reservist training in most years until we’re 40 years old.
Thank you for such an UPBEAT video!
Gun possession is essential in a free country. Taiwan should allow its citizens carry weapons
I’m totally going to believe someone who subscribes to far right wing TH-camrs. FYI, dinesh d'souza is a spreader or false news and info..pushing nothing but conspiracy theories
The main purpose of the American Second Amendment seems to be facilitating a civil war, not national defense. Taiwan is in need of military training, not a gun in every home that they wouldn't know how to use.
@@Nethan2000 The founding fathers applied the second amendment only to the federal government and states would be able to choose their own gun laws. That only changed in 2008 and 2010 as a very conservative court rewrote gun history and re-interpreted the 2A to now apply to the states and no longer justified for needing a militia but for self defense. Don’t trust the conservatives
HUGE differences between Russia/Ukraine and China/Taiwan - one of logistics.
China would have to use a very large number of ships and landing crafts IF it wants to be able to have mobility (bringing vehicles and tanks to the battlefield), and these will be vulnerable to all sorts missile and artillery attacks. A large armada of ships could be taken out with a nuke, but short of that, missiles could sink landing crafts with vehicles and tanks, leaving soldiers to be destroyed on beaches by well placed defenses and a mobile Taiwanese force. IF the Chinese employed helicopters to deliver vehicles these could also be taken out by air defenses. Not sure what China's paratroop capabilities are, but that may not be enough to make a difference. Where standard land warfare doctrine requires a 3:1 ratio on attacks, a naval invasion is around 10:1, and while China certainly can easily muster that, it will depend on sea power and ability to fend off missile attacks. Given enough warning, Taiwan and its allies could hold an invasion fleet off or destroy it at sea completely.
U.S. assets will be close by, as well as assets from neighboring countries within the region - Japan, South Korea, Philippines, Australia, and Indonesia.
Where Russia has shown itself inept and unprepared, China will have to face the natural barrier of the sea, and the resistance of Taiwan including the neighboring countries support.
Taiwan has the Taiwan Strait & South China Sea as moat around Taiwan & invasion be very visible from under, surface & air.
Also with the USA doing their FON (freedom of navigation) with their ships they do a trip wire defense for Taiwan.
@@bbj7383 "I suggest the PLAN bring over bulldozers and excavators rather then tanks as they'll be the first things needed to plow a hole through all the defenses."
They'll also need umbrellas. Plenty of artillery in nearby mountains & hills targeted on those beaches.
Yup, you basically described the Erwin Rommel defense plan for Normandy which the German High Command rejected.
Something tells me that Red China would be repeating the blunders of the Battle of Guningtou at Kinmen Island as they do NOT have the amphibious landing craft to handle all of the troops needed to take the island. And using wooden ferry boats to supplement their numbers would be a recipe for disater.
"A large armada of ships could be taken out with a nuke, but short of that, missiles could sink landing crafts with vehicles and tanks"
Taiwan has no nukes, and if Taiwan deploys a nuke, then China will simply nuke Taiwan back, and that's game over for Taiwan.
Also, Taiwan's anti-ship missile defense system is the Harpoon. 60s tech, completely obselete.
"IF the Chinese employed helicopters to deliver vehicles these could also be taken out by air defenses. "
Surface-to-air defense system of choice is the Chaparral Sidewinder. Again, 60s tech, completely obselete.
Air-to-air: Best Taiwanese fighter jets are F16s. These won't do anything against what the PLAAF has.
If you look at the russo-ukrainian war right now, Russia as 20x more artillery than Ukraine, and that's serving them well in the Donbass.
China has 80-90x more missiles than Taiwan.
Taiwan's only card is to get help from Japan or USA.
Taiwan being an island also means they cannot be supplied further weapons
2:27 does anybody else think those Rocket Launchers look like they are made out of Cardboard??
I saw your training video. Thanks for teaching me how to be safe in cyberspace.
Taiwan should have compulsory military service for a year for everyone once they leave school or at some point IMO
In case of such an attack, Taiwan would rely and could count almost immediately on US forces. This is soooo much different from UA. Therefore, struggling to have a viable, ferocious TDF like UA, seems pointless. They'd rather strengthen their regular forces. or build a flexible reservist base to draw upon in case of need, one that could "replace" the TDF by assuming such a role.
China is a nuclear country, thus US is not likely going to kill Chinese... So its a far shot to say its any different.
With Biden in office? LOL. No we won't.
@@libertylivesin1776 Sadly, I fear you are correct. Or rather, Biden's "hospital orderlies" pretending to be WH staffers would not allow the US to assist Taiwan.
Rather do a video lessons learnt from Vietnam.
A higher level of readiness overall makes it more likely for allies to intervene. Early in the war in Ukraine there was a defeatist analysis and attitude towards Ukraine’s ability to defend themselves long enough to wait until help arrives. This led to delays in sending help until after Ukraine put up a strong defense.
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As a Taiwanese, I can confirm that the gap between Draftsman and Professional is huge
(the most of the squad leader got EMT, have at least 1~2 heavy weapon/vehicle training)
four month is simply just isn't enough
A quarter of the draftsman of me platoon still can't hit anything while porn after the 4 month of training
(few hundred round shot)
No one have full auto or even burst fire experience, or shoot while standing
As a rare group, I have very limited experience of firing training round of 40mm under barrel grenade launchers (5 round)
and basic AT rocket (2 round), not all draftsman have these training
People who can smoothly assemble the rifle, under barrel grenade launchers and memorize the procedure of firing AT rocket will be considered doing a good job
(half of my Platoon failed at least one of these, but there aren't enough time to retrain them)
Because of the mass difference of the physical ability among the Draftsman, the Physical Training is also lackluster
I get fat, and drop muscle during the 4 month, and I consider myself as just above average before entering service
(while a few of the draftsman literally need medical assist with the same training)
4 month can't even smoothen the gap
Heck even 2 years of trainjng aint enough and us wont send troops to taiwan , they wont risk a nuclear war just becuz of taiwan. Thats # 1 reason us doesnt send troops to ukraine so you guys are on your own surrounded by china fleets.china aint taliban,iraq ,libya or syria.
I think by now, there is a general agreement that Taiwanese standing forces are very unprepared against an invasion. Similar to Vietnam, however, the hope is to rely more on asymmetric warfare via urban combat and mountain fighting. However, that would require arming and training its citizenry as well. I just hope the Taiwanese government can at least offer and encourage weekend training like the Ukrainians did.
2 years of "Actual" military training and service is the minimum needed level and it would probably take at least 10 years from this point to steer the country and culture in to accepting that truth which is probably too late as Xi like Putin wants the changes in their lifetime as well as the recent 100 year celebration of the Chinese Communist Party that fuels Xi's fervor. As a former Marine I have some understanding of the nuances of defending shorelines and attacking from sea and population densities will come into play here in a way that Ukraine hasn't experienced. For far too long people have been feeding the 2 Beasts of Tyranny thinking that would make them friendlier so I hope Freedom Loving people learn the lessons that Ukrainians are paying in blood and pain for especially after the West did nothing in 2014.
I think Finland's 1 year service period for conscripts does a very good job of providing all necessary military training, that is then kept up to date and improved every, or every second year in refresher excersizes. I have talked to Finnish conscripts that went to fight in Ukraine (One served 9 months, the other a year dyring theor conscription). When asked how well the Finnish conscript training prepares people for war like in Ukraine, he said that it does so very well and he found himself explaining things to Ukrainian officers all the time lol...
I think we have nearly perfected the conscription based military concept as it has been used for so many decades.
However I do think that some things should change. For example right now there are 3 "options" on how long you are going to serve. 6,9 or 12 months. I say options with quation marks, because people who show aptitude to certain tasks are often very heavily encouraged to go through NCO training or to specialize in somethong. If it were up to me, I would cut the 6 month option right off. Despite being very efficient, the training period will only produce a run of the mill Grunt, Artillery, or communications guy. Second of all Conscription should be made mandatory for both genders. I realize that many women simply aren't physically capable of completing their service at the current standards and the standards shouldn't be lowered for them. However, everyone should learn certain basics of weapon and Explosive ordinance handling and safety, OPSEC, Basics of Military tactics etc. And after that each oerson would be assigned their "wartime role" according to their skills, job or education. For example nurses would learn how to treat wounded in the battlefield and how to deal with bullet and shrapnel wounds. Engineers could specialise in designing fortifications or anti tank barriers etc.
I think this would be a win win since young people would get valuable experience not only in case of a war, but for their job or future job as well.
The only reason women aren't already included in conscription is because it would cost too much and there isnt enough resources to suddenly train 2 times the amount of people according to the army. But by having most of the women who prefer not to, or unable to serve in the armed forces do and practice jobs that are crucial in wartime, it would also stimulate the economy.
Atleast on economy front Taiwan position is better than Ukraine.
But in comparison to Russia, economy of China is far better .. so I think it evens out on that front too
@@mnoorkhan Not even close. The gap in economy for China-Taiwan is much greater.
Anyone know the name of the song at 02:18 ?
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Most military knowledge is learning by doing. It would take at least 1 month to enlist gradual platoons and each month a new set of platoons each. This during a war environment would be very difficult.
Taiwan needs to learn to defend itself, especially if the missiles the PRC has is successful at keeping the U.S. navy well out of range.
Taiwan military capability will never be an issue For China. The only concern for china is that how deep usa would like to involve when war occurred. Because China will use everything to win the war include nuclear weapons.
Reading Michael Pilsbury, Gordon Chang, and Richard Murdock? Sound like it, and if you have then you are 100 times more qualified to direct a war against China than the Generals in the Pentagon.
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In Ukraine, they basically implemented an emergency 2nd amendment. Right now, Taiwan would do well, to do the same.
Unfortunately that probably isn’t politically feasible. But they can take other measures to increase overall readiness.
2:57 As a Taiwanese I'm amazed by the new heights of butchering pronunciation here; you managed to pronounce a three-syllable name in four syllables.
As an american, i'm amazed that this is the only thing that bothers you about this video. I'd be a lot less worried about pronounciations and a lot more worried about Xi and a CCP that have been very embarrassed for a few years..... and would love to do something that made them look strong and tough again.
Taking a run at Taiwan might make them look tough and strong, and divert attention from their disastrous internal policies.....
The CCP comes in and takes over, you wont get to choose between 3 or 4 syllables. You'll get 2, if you're lucky. And you'll say "thank you" or you'll be sent to the re-education camps....
Most British people are sadly not that good with languages in East Asia.
@@IridiumRedTheOrigina Well, it is probably the only thing in the video that's new to me, because we are having the same discussions in our country. I won't say it bothers me though; it's a funny way of mispronunciation and that's all.
Talk about focusing on the wrong thing. Holy smokes. It's as if the West cares more about Taiwan's freedom, democracy and rule-of-law against a brutal totalitarian dictatorship than the Taiwan people. The US spends 3.4% of GDP on its military and Taiwan barely spends 2%. Your citizens are not armed and you have pathetic military training for the vast majority of your citizens. Good grief. Take your liberty seriously or bow to your future "Dear Leader."
@@kimandre336 I blame romanization. One of the things that frustrated me the most during my time in East Asia is how many extra silent letters are put into Korean, Japanese, and Chinese word. Between American phonetic spelling and European romanization, nobody can properly pronounce when given the "official" romanization.
China invading Taiwan is no longer a question of IF but WHEN...
and in that regard, I sure hope that the Taiwanese government draws all the lessons it can from the Ukraine invasion.
China is in the midst of a great depression style housing crisis, its gov't revenue is at the lowest point in 40 years, and the military they have is not adequate, I'd bet you my house you are wrong.
@@michaelfried3123 u think that small annoyance would stop the CCP ? while in the west economy has precendent over politics the same cant be said for the chinese, they dont give a fuck about spilling cash and blood as long as the political objectives are reached...
they have drastically increased their military potential and taiwan is the link they have to break in order to have access to the pacific, they will invade taiwan for sure, just a matter of time...
@@SeArCh4DrEaMz let China invade then, they'll get exactly what Russia is getting right now, destruction, tens of thousands of dead soldiers and a large part of their machinery destroyed. I don't see Chinese leadership to be nearly as stupid, corrupt or inept as Russia, but the outcome will be the same, not to mention the fact China does not want to have to fight the military might of the West or its total control over Chinese goods being bought or sold worldwide. If China does invade, its game over for them, they'll end up living like its 1890 once again, and 1/2 their people will starve since they are the largest IMPORTER of food in the world (means they can't grow enough food to support themselves).
They're gonna have to possess everything on hand to mount a significant resistance, then also hope that their materiel storage doesn't get hit. Gonna be hard to resupply them if they're blockaded or if they have wolf packs of subs out hunting.
@@50megatondiplomat28 The subs are a concern, but then American subs are even better at it than the Chinese. Between the Los Angeles and the Seawolf class, nobody can match the American Attack subs.
Anyone else want to party at the industrial club that the sound guy of these videos DJ's at? Or am I the only one?
Don't pick fights you can't win.
Well - regarding Poland "starting to copy Ukraine" regarding TDF... no.
The formation was created in Poland in 2017 officially so around 5 years ago.
Concept wise this was based on US National Guard although much lighter, with Ukraine's 2014 Donbass war and Crimea annexation giving it a serious boost and re-think of entire concept (after that it was considered as force to prevent "little green men" from taking territory without open declaration of war). The concept itself was thrown around even before that.
Ukraine's experiances in 2022 however boosted the targeted numbers of this formation in Poland, as well as increased the amount of heavy weapons planned for this formation. So it moved from light support units meant to fight irregular formations to full on light infantry units. Currently the planned number for peacetime is 50k for this formation, which is larger than Ukraine's peacetime component. Which, considering Poland is much smaller in terms of territory should give better density for first couple of weeks of hostilities.
Overall this is a very useful component, especially in terms of denying any kind of deep operations such as paratroopers or allowing to use delaying tactics very early on in conflict. Would be vital for Taiwan, since units with stingers and machine guns can basically deny any attempt of doing airborne insertion. Which considering Taiwan is an island, remains one of only two ways of attack , via air or via sea. There is no land connection they need to worry about, so such units don't need to run around with heavy ATGM's, for them the main threat comes from low flying helicopters inserting elite troops while flying below radar horizon. Attack via sea needs to be solved by regular army since it requires more complex technical solutions like anti-ship missiles and mines.
So they can have different TDF composition than Poland/Ukraine. For them MANPADS would be key weapons not ATGM's.
Also a lesson from Ukraine is that TDF needs to closely cooperate with special forces, whose role is to directly counter enemy elite formations that managed to bypass or elimite TDF trying to stop them. Great example of that was action at Hostomel, where TDF did cause some losses to suprise airborne assault but couldn't take back the airport on it's own, but was then supported by Ukraine's own special forces along with artillery & air support causing massive losses for enemy dug in around airport and eventually taking it back. So TDF provides 2 things - presence and mass. They can be everywhere, and when need be they can support more elite forces with their numbers to limit enemy options by holding flanks or cutting off areas from reinforcements or retreat.
Indeed, the intention to form Poland's TDF was announced back in 2015.
If Taiwan doesn't take responsibility of their own safety by investing heavily into fortifying and training their population, no help from the west will be sufficient or in time. We still need 2-3 months to effectively reach Taiwan, perhaps even longer. A naval blockade with the worlds largest fleet will take time to blow through, and thats when NATO is at full strength which will take 1-2 months to prepare. If Taiwan is lost within a month, there's no hope for West aid in that case.
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One word.... Artillery.
Taiwan screwed up by not purchasing way more anti-ship and anti-air weapons, not to mention have a small arms stockpile for a larger and better trained reserve force. They need to spend 4% gdp instead of 2%.
Taiwan has 250-450 of its own anti-ship missiles and hundreds of anti-air weapons. Taiwan tried to buy 100 harpoon missile launchers from the US (400 missiles, 4 each per launcher) and the US has announced it will be delayed until 2028, actually there is over 14billion of delayed weapon purchases the from the US to taiwan.
They have developed thousands of anti-ship, anti-craft, and more than 1000 km range cruise missiles, although the US against them for decades.
My opinion is that they should actually up it to at least 5% GDP.
They also need to diversify military equipment suppliers. Make foreign companies fight over who gets a contract and then they will lobby their own governments to end delays and relax sales restrictions.
@@stupidburp they cant do that because even western country's (apart from the US) are worried about incurring China's wrath through economic punishment and therefore will not sell weapons to Taiwan. really is frustrating
Yeah, they should go for armed civilian resistance, by either legalizing the possession of guns or at the very least train those territorial forces and have local arms depots in every town, to hand out the second China begins preparations for an invasion (those can't be hidden these days - sattelites will pick up a large gathering of troops easily!)
Otherwise they are well prepared, but of course could do with more weapons (maybe even purchase additional ones, should domestic production be insufficient), especially anti-ship-missiles (at best portable ones on trucks) and anti-air-systems!
They need to at least do what the Ukrainians did, which is offer urban combat courses on the weekends, to anyone who is willing to learn it, and when necessary, pass out small arms to its citizens.
Even this will not be enough, but everyone needs to start somewhere.
....huh that open
Welcome to the gun show! lol
Everyone should be trained in combat from youth and serve 4 years with annual training required every year along with a pro 2nd Amendment culture.
Taiwan can learn from Ukrane that, you fuck around and you find out
Tell that to 33000 Russian corpses rotting in the middle of streets in Ukraine. Let China make the same mistake as Russia and fall in the same trap 🤣
Like who? Iraq?
In the history of Switzerland there were different strategies to defend territory. The réduit Suisse is only one of them. The réduit got only used because of the weakness of the Swiss army (very embarrassing). Sometimes Switzerland/Eidgenossenschaft went as well to the offence. First Taiwan should get a main weapon supplier of the world. A group of highly qualified Söldern/Mercenaries to get battle experience and constant testing of the produced weapons. A lot of the fortifying in the alps have been done after WW2 against the Warsaw Pact.
Josh is so much better than the other guy, "Mr Yellow Teeth"!
15:03 "illegal ... not enough political will to change that situation." Then, the problem will be a) convincing pro-XiXiP politicians to find the will to protectively improve the laws, and/or b) convincing the population to vote pro-XiXiP politicians out.
Taiwan can live free but that freedom comes at a high price in terms of defence spending and militarizing the country. Taiwan's current efforts don't show that that sort of resolve is really there.
@John Grigg Taiwan should look at Israel for a model of a society prepared to fend of existential threats but there doesn't appear to be anywhere near that sort of resolve.
This means that it will become a part of PRC sooner or later and the best policy for the West is to drastically reduce its dependence on Taiwanese microchips before that happens.
Taiwan could request/Ask Ukraine that special units be allowed to assist! TAIWAN could use some actual combat experience!
Why did TH-cam shut down your channel yesterday? All your videos disappeared for some reason.
What if Taiwan and China learn from the Ukrainian crisis and seeks a peaceful solution #peace is better than war
I like this one, war would benefit no one (besides America)
You also believe the world is gummy bears, rainbows and chocolate rivers. This war is inevitable, like Thanos.
@@Kevin-mk6jo Certainly, the majority of Ukrainians also thought so after 2014 and were preparing to fight.
i appreciate your optimism but it sounds a little naive tbh
I think that is what China is doing. When China wanted Diaoyu island near Japan but couldn't get it, China built new islands. Couldnt get Taiwan, but got allies in Pacific ocean. Economic war is China's way to fight without entering a battle. “The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.” - Sun Tzu
One nitpicky thing to an otherwise great video. We shouldn't say China's leaders wanto to "reconquer" Taiwan because the PRC has never had any sovereignty over Taiwan. It was founded in 1949 and Taiwan was never a part of it. But they want us to think they used to control it.
Technically PRC has sovereignty over Taiwan right now, since one-china policy n all.
@@elmohead incorrect. the One China principle was adopted by the US when the ROC was still a thing, and doesn't automatically transfer recognition to the PRC.
@@5anjuro It does lol. USA doesn't recognize Taiwan as a country rn.
To whoever are replying to this comment, “reconquer” is still the incorrect word to use.
@@elmohead by sovereignty I mean control and power to govern. A law made in Beijing by the CCP does not and has never had any effect on Taiwan. Taiwan governs itself, sets it's own laws and generally does what it wants. Beijing could pass a law that everyone must wear hats on Sunday and you won't see any being worn in Taipei. Therefore, no sovereignty and never conquered. If you never conquered, you can't reconquer.
You didn't mention a naval blockade by PROC, how would Taiwan (ROC) counter one? (Especially is there was no assistance)
There is an interview with Taiwan's Foreign Minister and he admitted that the an air and naval blockade alone can cripple Taiwan to a point of a quick surrender as nothing goes in or out, paralyzing the economy which in turn would cause social unrest and upheaval bringing down the government.
Australian brought in conscription because of Indonesia's expansion in the 60s. These soldiers were originally called up to do 2 years full time service. They performed exceptionally well in Viet Nam.
Ww3 so strong country can enslave weak countries like south east asia
Let's make alliance
east asia countries is also weak if you compare them to china🙈
@@yiro6577 not really S.Korea and Japan is stronger than China in terms of influencing the world with culture, wealthiest in Asia, advanced and has stronger allied countries than China
@@user-mg3ui8nd5p if chinese are weak then why you need allies to beat china then? only coward and weakling that need ton of allies only to beat one chinad
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Because the Taiwan issue is such a sensitive issue for the CCP I think China will be willing to use low yield nuks that is because in case of an invasion China can not afford to lose.
Did a little looking and couldn't find any, let alone credible, sources that China has tactical nukes. So, doubtful. But you're certainly right that China and Xi can't afford to lose. Probably why they haven't pulled the trigger yet.
Low yield nukes? Um....what does the winner get. So much for the high end chip fabrication technology the CCP wants so desperately. Your analysis shows no understanding of the situation.
ANY use of nukes is a STARTEGIC escalation that WILL result in Trident missiles being fired in response. Western nuclear doctrine does not make ANY distinction between "low yield" and "high yield". Using a tactical nuke is crossing the Rubicon, which is why Putin, while threating it, has not done so.
@@davidford3115 And the CCP knows this too.
So what keeps China from using a sea and air embargo against Taiwan? Hope it's not a dumb question, just haven't heard it brought up.
Another, longer standing, example to look at is the Swiss model.
Or Erwin Rommel's proposed defense of Normandy that the German High Command rejected.
Here's the problem, will the West help Taiwan directly? China could effectively cut-off Taiwan from the world in a siege and just wait it out. Let's not get optimistic and focus on reality, does the West want to isolate China the same way they did to Russia? Because if the Invasion happen, is the globalized world ready to remove the second largest economy for something as shallow as national values, cause Ukraine is doing great on that front.
Decoupling economies from the PRC now can reduce their military funding while aiding the economies and government budgets of democratic countries instead. This can gradually reduce the viability of an invasion of Taiwan over time.
@@stupidburp Good luck trying to find alternatives for just about EVERYTHING not to mention building up those industries from the ground, we might as well get rid of the globalized system of economics while we're at it. Not every nation is capable of becoming self-sufficient, we would always have to rely on others for something, not every nation can pump oil within their borders, not every nation can grow enough food for their own population. All this talk of decoupling have in common is that they don't understand that WE backed our economies into a corner, imagine if the middle east stop selling us oil, decouple and find alternatives? Japan rely on the US for oil before WW2, what did they did, they go to war over it.
Present me a solution, not empty hope and naive wishing from an ignorant, brainwashed drone.
If China tries such misadventures, the QUAD should step-in and free Tibet, Occupied Mongolia, and Xinjiang.
China isn't scared of the quad lol
What is quad?
@@temistogen A military alliance that lives in Mr. Patel's head.
As an Australian, a member of the QUAD, if any Government here even spoke about attacking China, they'd be Voted out in milliseconds.
That's not a fight any Australian Citizens want a part of.
We've followed the US into enough stupidity.
Let's get out of the galwan valley and talk about Tawang district
You didn’t mention Pioruns donated by Poland that have probably the best track record in downing russian helicopters.
VisualPolitik's journalistic thoroughness is weirdly spotty. Though in this instance I suspect it's just ignorance of what's going on outside the Anglosphere.
1º, lesson buy a lot of NEPTUNES
Thankfully the current pro-indepedent government of Taiwan still doesn't declare any official independence and keeps maintaining the status quo. I guess this video forgets to explain that the hectic political situation in Taiwan is going to encourage making bad decisions and Taiwanese citizens will suffer the cosequences.
First of all, read the news about Taiwan and their extremely bad mishandling of the COVID-19 these days on the government level. You will instantly lose any faith in Taiwan.
It may have been bad, but it was far better than what most of the West did. Europe and the US should have followed Taiwan's example, NOT Red China's.
@@davidford3115 Taiwan is a joke. The government there is a joke. Other than wasting money on buying obsolete weapon systems being overcharged for it, the other things the Taiwan government spends most of their time on is being corrupt, making backroom deals, buying toxic pesticide tainted pork and engaging in fistfights with each other in parliament.
@@davidford3115 There is literally zero reason to compare to the West when it comes to covid response.
@@elmohead Actually, there is. The West foolishly followed Red China's directives via the WHO. Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea took a different path. I know because most Western media was slamming Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea for NOT following in lock step with Europe's disastrous policies.
The most important lesson that Taiwan should learn is how to avoid the war.
A really strong and mean defence does that!
The next tactical nukes will be used against drones, drone carriers and drone command & control centres.
China: we're taking over Taiwan
Democrats: We need to trans the Navy
Ukraine is internationally recognized as a sovereign state. Taiwan is internationally recognized as part of China. You're mixing together two fundamentally different situations here.
Does china rule and control taiwan? Thats the main difference whatever you or everybody else says..
The people of Taiwan would disagree the one country two systems policy does not work.
De Jure or De Facto. De Jure they are one country. De Factor, they have been two separate countries since 1950. Hell, the Koreans have been officially divided into two countries for at least one year less than the Two Chinas.
Full independence? Tiawan has never been a part of communist china and has no need declare or pursue "full independence".
I think Taiwan's natural geography is going to be it's biggest advantage
Precision missiles will pass. High value assets as missile defence will get overwhelmed and either hide or burn. High population morale and cohesion combined with handheld AA, AT, and sufficient artillery are key.
As an American, I refuse to go to a hypothetical war in Europe for a third time in my nations history.. I think Europe can handle that. If not then France & the UK should stop claiming to be a world power. However I would be willing to go to war to defend Taiwan because it is a war on democracy versus autocracy. Likewise I would be willing to go to war for South Korea & Japan because we have an obligation as not only allies, but the historical entanglement between the three of us.
War in Ukraine is the same. Democracy vs autocracy 🤷
And the US had some obligations under the Budapest Memorandum
Weird comparison. Xi is just a Chinese version of Putin, and just as brutal. Putin attacked an independent democracy and Xi is making plans to do the same.
Same here. Where is the French, Germans, and British lines of defense in Eastern Europe? THEY need to be on Poland's border, not the US.
And I agree that Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea ARE worth defending. They appreciate us more than Europe does. And what they have to offer the US is more than what Europe brings to the table.